The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-03
EAST DALLAS COUNCIL.
The Legality of the Corporation.

GAMER mayor pro TEN. presiuihg'
Mr.. O'Reilly stated that as East
Dallas had concluded 10 accent map
now being made by Murphy u Bolan7
"a the official map of East Dallas II
would be well 10 SEQ that the streets
were correctly named. AS this would
be a pretty big job it was decided 10
hold n special meeting Monday night
TO attend to 1t.
Mr.. Wheit said, in regard to the
Seaman case, that he would suggest
that nothing be paid TO that gentle
man, us it was clear that the city
owed him nothing, aud he was certain
he would never sue. The report was
received and adopted with special
thanks of the council. After some
debate the council agreed to pay Mr.
Gill twenty-five dollars for arbitrat-
ing the Seaman case, but Mr.. Morgan
was left to look 10 Seaman.
The ordinance granting the street
railway right-of.way for Il double
track was taken up, amended, and IL
nally defeated by the vote OF Acting
Mayor Gamer.
The Fair Association petilioned the
council to appoint six policemen to
assist in preserving order at the fair
grounds. The petition was decided
out of order and was not entertained.
A proposition from the Fair As'o-
citation Offering to furnish the gravel,
provided the city would gravel EN-
street through the corporation, was
read and referred 10 commitie on
streets to report Monday night.
On motion of Mr. Murnanc, City At
torney Gano's opinion on the caipor-
alton of East Dallas was read as f"l-
lows:
In compliance with the request o.
the mayor of this city, respectful,
submit the following opinion on the
question as to whether East Dallas is
at present, under the law, an incor-
porated city, to.wit:
Tn, law under which it was at
tempted TO incorporate the town OF
East Dallas required that twenty OF
more residents (be same being quail
fed voters) Of the town desiring TO be
Incorporated, should file all appllca-
ton for that purpose, etc, That Tie
county judge, upon satisfactory PROOF
that the town contained us many ae
two hundred and less than one
thousand inhabitants should make an
order for holding an clectiont to deter
mine the question, that the election
should be held, aud the judge thereof,
in case of majority vote Tor incor-
poration. should make return OF the
result within ten days to the county
Judge. who within twenty Days after
receipt of such return should make
all entry upon the records OF the com
missioners court to the effect that the
inhabitants of the town are incor-
porated, and that certified copy Of
that entry should be recorded in the
record of deeds of the county. The
law then provides that the inc'rpora-
ton of the town dates from the time
of this entry. Upon investiga-
tion | find that tie law was
complied with and that East
Dallas was duly incorporated as
town, and is now, having since COM
piled with the conditions ofthc general
law by which cities are made duly
incorporated city under the laws OF
the State of Texas. As to tho objec-
ton urged, viz: that the order of hold
ing the election was never recorded,
will say that: l. The law did not
require that order TO BIO recorded.
Tho entry declaring the inhabitants
Incorporated was alone to be recorded,
and this was done.
2. If, as has been stated, the Jaw
contemplated the recording 1f this or
der, the omission 10 do so would be a
mere irregularity, and could not affect
the validity of the incorporation OF
the town or the jurisdiction of the
county judge in making the entry.
Mr.. Oliver asked to say that the
street railway property had been as
scssed toe high, at s26,s00, which was
about as much as the whole road was
worth in both cities. Referred to the
Board Of Equalization.
The Cornell adjourned to Monday
night.